After announcing a temporary price cut of Rs.2,000 last week, Xiaomi today announced a permanent Rs.1,000 price cut for the Mi A1 Android One smartphone in India. The smartphone will now retail at Rs.13,999 in India via Flipkart, Mi.com, Mi Home Stores, as well as Xiaomi Preferred Partner stores. Xiaomi had launched the Mi A1…
After announcing a temporary price cut of Rs.2,000 last week, Xiaomi today announced a permanent Rs.1,000 price cut for the Mi A1 Android One smartphone in India. The smartphone will now retail at Rs.13,999 in India via Flipkart, Mi.com, Mi Home Stores, as well as Xiaomi Preferred Partner stores. Xiaomi had launched the Mi A1 in India in September this year for Rs.14,999.
Even at Rs.14,999, the Mi A1 was arguably one of the finest budget smartphones on the market. After the price cut, it is no doubt an even better buy thanks to the combination of good hardware, decent camera performance, impressive battery life, and stock Android with the promise of swift software updates. The smartphone is expected to be updated to Android 8.0 Oreo soon and will also be updated to Android P next year. It also receives monthly security patch updates on a regular basis, unlike most of its rivals. While most budget smartphones haven’t even received the November security patch update yet, Xiaomi Mi A1 is now receiving the December security patch update via the OTA route in India. In addition to the latest Android security patch, the OTA update also includes other stability and performance-related enhancements.
